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~ " Lieut.. COL VIM.
CORTLAND Prentice, one of Basil Dukes Off
GERS and son of George D. Prentice, Of The
Louisville Journal. The Union EDITORS obit-
uary notice in The Journal of his secessionist
son was q pathetic illustration of the state of
public sentiment in Kentucky at this time.
At Cynthiana the Federal troops were in
hot pursuit of Morgan. He therefore wheeled
and turned southwark, marching through
Richmond, KY, to GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Here
for the time he rested on his well won laurels.
Morgan was a well to do citizen of Ken
lucky when the war began. He was born
in Huntsville, Ala, in 1926. His picturesque
career ended in 1864. He was shot dead
while trying to escape capture in East Ten
nessee. He died with his boots on.
During his various raids he destroyed mil
lions of dollars worth of property.
Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell. at this time COM
manded the United States armies of the depart
ment of the Ohio. After the evacuation of
Corinth by the Confederates in May, 1862,
he established his headquarters at Huntsville,
Ala. Halleck at st. Louis was his superior
officer
Both the Union and Confederate generals
decided in June that Chattanooga would be
good point to occupy with their respective
armies. 1t would give command of East
Tennessee. But while Halleck and Buell.
were debating about the best route to Chat
tanooga, Bragg was already on the way there.
The race for the town between North and
South was won by the South. This was
only the first of the great racing matches
between Bragg and Buell..
AT Chattanooga Bragg prepared his army
to invade Kentucky. He parted it into three
divisions under Hardee, Leonidas Polk and
L. Kirby Smith, respectively. Kirby Smith
was ill command in East Tennessee.
A portion of the Union forces under Gen.
Nelson was sent to Murfreesboro to oppose
the Confederate raider, N. B.. Forrest, who
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pare to attack the Federal army in flank and
rear, while Kirby Smith should attack in
| front
Polk decided not to obey the order, but to
follow his original instructions to slowly
retire to Bryantville Bragg then counter
manded the order to attack that he had given
to Smith,
During the last of September and first days
of October, Braggs army had been success
fully and rapidly accommodating the spois of
war. Cattle, horses, swine and mules were
seized without stint by Confederate detacu-
ments in various parts of the interior. At
Frankfort cloth factory was looted, and
1,OO0, 600 yards of the famous Kentucky
butternut jeans were taken. In some in
stances Confederate scrip was offered in pay
ment for property seized.
Bragg had issued a proclamation to the
Kentuckians on entering the interior of the
state. in which he had said he must have the
supplies of war wherewith to liberate them
from the northern invader. To the ladies he
said with poetic enthusiasm:
Buckle on the armor of your kindred, your
husbands, sons and brothers, and scott with
shame him who would prove recreant to you,
his country and his God"
The supplies of war" had been accumu-
lating at Lexington. Bragg ordered suff-
Gent quantity sent to Polk at Bryantsville,
and Oct. ordered Polk himself to march to
Perryville, Ky, with Cheatham's division.
rout it, and then join Kirby Smith at Frank
ford
Bishop Leonidas Polk, of Louisiana, on the
outbreak of the civil war, threw away his
priestly cassock and donned the Confederate
fighting gray. He had, however, been a
soldier before becoming a bishop, having
been graduated at West Point in 1927. He
was born at Raleigh, N. c., in 1906. He was
one of the most able and Jealous of the minor
Confederate generals. Wherever fighting
was, there Bishop Polk was. He always de-
clared, however, that when the war was over
he would 60 back and be bishop again. A
British officer who knew him in the army
wrote of the Confederate soldier bishop: HE
is very rich, and, l am told. owns 200 ne
groes."
Gen. Polk commanded a division at Shiloh,
and a corps at Chickamauga. His sense of |
his own dignity and Importance sometimes
led him to disobey his superior officers, as he /
did Bragg in Kentucky. For such disobe-
dience at Chickamauga he was put under ar
rest, but was afterwards restored TO COM
mand. He was with Johnston's army bc. Ore
Atlanta, in June, 1864, where a cannon shot
from the Federal lines ended his career both
and theological Bishop Polk was
man of imposing presence.
Oct. s, 1862, Braggs and Buell's armies
knocked heads together at last and fought the
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BATTLE OE RICHMOND.

Gen. M. D. Manson was near Richmond,
KY, with a small force, which had been con-
| siderably increased through, the patriotic ex-
ertions of Gen. Lew Wallace, of Indiana.
The appearance of Kirby Smith before
Richmond carried CONSERVATION into toe
heart of Kentucky. Frankfort, the capital,
was only fifty miles distant With the legis-
lature in session, that body hastily adjourned
to Louisville. The state records were also re-
moved thither, with a million dollars of
money from the banks in this region.
Gen. Mansons troops had been attacked by
Kirby Smiths advance at Big Hill Aug.
20, and retreated to Richmond. Here
Manson was REINFORCED by number of
newly organized regiments from Ohio, Ken
lucky and Indiana This was just after
President Lincolns call for 1900, 900 more"
and the north was filled with the camps
of the fresh volunteers The new regiments
under Manson hardly new how to form a
line of battle, and were ignorant of the first
principles of field evolutions. The officers
were, for the main part, as green as the men,
These raw, Impractical troops were to meet
on the field at Richmond the Confederate
veterans of Shiloh, and other fields under
such leaders as Kirby Smith and Gen. Pat
Cleburne
Aug. 20, Kirby Smith came on and offered
battle. Manson advanced to meet him and
drove him back to Rogersville, two miles
from Richmond. Here Manson encamped for
the night. What is called the battle of Rich
mond took place next day, Aug. 80.
The fighting began anew on the morning
of this day. Manson and Brig Gen. Cruft,
who had distinguished himself at Donelson,
advanced to meet the Confederate attack.
After heavy fighting one mile south of
Rogersville, the Union troops were routed
with heavy loss. In the action the lieuten-
ant colonel and major of the Seventy first
Indiana were killed, leaving that regiment
without field officer.
Lieut. Col Melville D. Topping of the Seventy
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of poor parents. The
encyclopedias say
that in his early
youth he worked Mt
road making" which
statement is not as
clear as one could
wish. At any rate,
he was self educated
and studied law, and
never went to West
Point. He won a high
place as q criminal
lawyer at Louisville.
He took the Union
side in 1861, and
raised two regiments
in Kentucky, but was
Obliged to Uuarter
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r g a c Ii G d Louis
vile, S p t. 20, a
tragic event hap
pened then which
threw the whole
city into excite
ment. This was the
fatal shooting of
Gen. William Mel
son by Brig. Gen.
jeff. c. Davis, of
Indiana, in n quar-
rel.
Gen. Nelson was
born i'll Maysville,
Kentucky, in 1925.
IT,, 1901 L. IL
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commander, was born in 1919. He was United
States consul to Liverpool in President Taylor's
time. He entered the Union army in 1861, and in
the fall of that year became brigader general of
volunteers. He served at many of the hardest
fought battles Of the war, such as Shiloh, Stone
Eiver and Chickamauga In 1864 he was sent
east, and commanded a corps there. He was a
major general of volunteers and, by brevet of
the regular army also. In the Buell. campaign
against Bragg he commanded the right wing OF
the Army of the Ohio
During the night of Oct. z, Buell. ordered
McCook and Crittenden at once to advance
and form in line of battle On the wings. Gill
bert's corps was the center During the night
also Buell. had a sharp little fight for creek
whence to get water fo' his army. He OBJ
tanned possession of the pools. This fighting
was done on the Fedora side by Col. Daniel
McCook
The battle of Perryvile was begun on the
morning of Oct 8 by IN attempt to drive
McCook away from theprecious water pools.
1t was repulsed, and in his preliminary fight
a young Union division com. LANDER named
Philip Sheridan distinguished himself hand
somely.
There was no more fighting till the arriva
of McCook between 10 AM II o'clock. HI
UllilettItleiy lOuHu Ills ulv fIOIS, JackSOnS
and Rousseau's, in line on Giberts left.
The battle of Perryville oegan in a fight
for water. McCook's postum was near Doc
tors Fork of Chaplin creek Rousseau's di-
vision advanced towards Ghis creek to get
water, when they were fir,d on by tho Con-
federate artillery. McCok's line formed on
Chaplin's Hills.
OF McCook's forces, Rousseau held tho
right, and Gen. Terrell's brigade of Jacl1son's
division the extreme eft. Starkweather's
brigade was behind Terell's as reserve
About o'clock the Confederate Gen. Har-
dee came on to the attack with 10000 men,
the divisions of Cheathsn, Buckner and s.
R. Anderson. The Maxville road crossed
Doctors Fork Immediately in front of the
Federal line. and this wa. the point the Con-
federates aimed at.
The Confederates ATTACKED first the extreme
left under Terrell. There WIS a strong fire
and Terrell's raw recruits wayered. Their
division commander, Gen. jane S. J46cEsox
rode CALAMITY to the front to rally tnes,.. IN
"A moment a fragment of shell struck him in
the breast and he fell from his horse dead in
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,GEN. BUELLAlM

made commanosr or tie arfkkSy W Tho thio. He
was mustered oft Of the volunteer Aervice in
1864, and resigned from the regular army in 1865.
He is now resident in Louisville
In August Gen. Buell. had been under the
impression that Bragg meant to move against
Nashville The Federal commander had ac-
cordingly concentrated his main army at
Murfreesboro. Early in September he be-
came aware that Bragg's movements meant
the invasion of Kentucky and the north
Ihereupon. Sept Z, he set his army in mo-
ton for Louisville. 1t has been already
mentioned that this city was Braggs object
i've point also. The second race between
Bragg and Buell. began therefore.
Maj. Gen. Bragg Buel's opponent, was O West
Point graduate of the class of 1887 He was
North Carolnan, and was three years older than
Union and Confederate sides, Bragg had served
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by young Ken
lucky recruits,
and his whole
force in the state
now amounted to
not far from g.
600 men. Imne-
diately OH hearing
of B u Q | is ap-
proach, B r a 6 G
wrote to Polk to
come at once to
Frankfort, by way
of Bloom field.
Bragg looked for a
battle with Buell..
Polk was tO ,ora.
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against Kirby Smith at Frankfort. The rest
OF tho army moved by Different routes against
Bragg himself at Bardst6wn.
There was perpetual series of cavalry and
artillery skirmishes with tho Confederates
after leaving Louisville, which kept Buell's
army back and gave Bragg time to withdraw
from Bardstown. Buell. reached that place
eight hours after his enemy had left it. Re-
ports reached Buell. from time to time indi-
eating the direction Bragg had taken. He
changed his line of march accordingly, now
here, now there, till at length it seemed clear
that Bragg was either at Perryville or Har-
rodsburg. ---.
Oct. Z, Buell. came within three miles OF
Perryvlle There he found the Confederates
in force. Gilbert's corps was with the Fed
eral commander at this time. McCook's
corps was at this time OH the Harrodsburg
road, and Crittendens corps was on the
Lebanon road.
Crittenden Is famous name in Kentucky nm.
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Kirby Smith was a
a West Point gradu-
ate Of 1915. He was
in the Mexican war,
and was assistant
professor Of mathe-
mates at West Point
for q time. He re-
NAMED in the United
States army till 1861,
and then joined the
southern army. He
was at Stone River,
and continued in the
service till the close
Of the war. He sur
rendered to Gen. Can.
by, at Baton Rouge,
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MUNFORDSvllUE.

Sept. 13, Bragg's cavalry had reached Mum
louisville under command of Gen. j. R..
Chalmers. At Munfordsville, on Green river,
was Federal garrison a little over 1000
strong, under Col j. T. Wilder. 1t was
stationed at the bridge where the Louisville
and Nashville railway crossed After the
Confederate artillery and infantry had ar
rived Bragg called on Wilder to surrender.
The demand was refused
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and bridges, and
July II he cap
tured the town of
Cynthiana, near
the Ohio river. A
battalion of his
men, indeed, TN
der Basil Duke,
penetrated quite
to the river, burn
ing the wealthy
old town of Au-
gusta, a few miles
below Maysville.
In the fight at Au-
gusta was killed
T .ior,t Co1 Wn,
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them at Camp Joe Holt, on the Ohio side of the
river. on account of Kentucky's neutrality.
He was brSadier general of volunteers
in 1861. He fought at Shiloh, and CALAMITY
against Bragg at Perryville, Ky, and there
upon was made major general of voun-
teers He was ut Chickamauga, and organized a
famous raid into Alabama. The next step in his
varied career was IN election to congress. i'm
mediately on the close of the war. Then once
more into the army in which he was appointed a
regular brigader general and sent on duty to
Alaska. He was recalled and sent to command
at New Orleans, where he died in 1860. Gen.
Rousseau was a man of magnificent physical az
pearancc, the typical "big Kentuckian."
Buell. fastened on to Louisville. He won
the race, if Bragg had really meant to go
there. But Bragg himself says in his report
that at this time he found himself in "l1ostie
COUNTRY" with only three days food for his
men. He therefore determined to defect his
course to the right instead of proceeding still
further into hostile country, to fix his head
quarters at Bardstown and draw supois
from Lexington.
Buell. and Bragg each claimed to be at
tempting to draw the other into battle.
At all events, however, this purposeless
tramping through Kentucky had done little
good for the army of Gen. Buell.. Reaching
Louisville, it encamped on the river shore, be-
low the city.
"And when we got there there were only
six boys of my regiment who stacked arms
on the sand," says a private who tells the
story of Buelfs chase through Kentucky.
The other men of the regiment had drop
ped out by the way, either fallen through
fatigue Or been lost by struggling. The other
regiments were in not much better condition
than the one mentioned when they encamped
on the sand below Louisville. And after
this river was reached thousands more drop
ped out, deserted or "straggled."
The day that the last of Buell's army
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urSC luulana, was O
very prominent bus
mess man of Terre
Haute, and one of the
most promising SOL
diers that Indiana
sent to the war. Nor
tally wounded in the
midst of a crushing
defeat, his first words
to a young officer
who attended him
were, Have l done
my duty? Have I
done all that could
be done?'' Eyes, Col
onel, you have done
lv-
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IL nlomtSlt. A little
later and Gen. Ter
rcil was also killed.
The day would
have been lost on
the left only for
S stark W e a t hers
brigade. These be-
longed to Rous-
seau's division, and
with stubborn bra
very they held the
Confederates back
after Terrell's men
had been beaten.
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And at this time Bragg began
THE INVASION OF kENTUck

THE INVASION OF KENTUCKY.
Kirby Smith had been ordered into Ken
lucky. He left Knoxville, passed rapidly
through gap in the Cumberland mountains
and sped norlhward. He issued procama-
ton among the people as he went, telling
them that every man who fired on his troops
should be hanged
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nails. Senator J. J.
Crittenden held in
his time the highest
political offices his
state could give him.
He was an ardent
Union man when thh
war began. He bGd
two sons, Thomas L.
and George u.
Thomas entered the
Union army, George
b. the Confederate,
and both rose to be
generals. Thomas
L., the Union Crit.
tendpn- Ruall'o cor,,c
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RAIIIE OE PERRYNlIIE.

This had been Buell's disposition of his
forces after he marched out of Louisville,
Oct. |, with 100000 men: Gen. Sill, with
two divisions, the Federal left, marched
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scenting some fun, directed him TO the gen.
erals tent, where Nelson had already retired
for tho night
Hell say he's not the quartermaster," ex-
planned the boys. shut don't you believe him.
Tell him you know better, and you want
none OF his lying"
Tho lamb went into tho lions jaws A row
of heads was ducked out of the tents all along
the line OF the regiment. The soldiers were
awaiting the denouement. The verdant nois-
lily aroused the alleged quartermaster. There
was roar from the lion within. The lion
demanded what was the matter
~ want the quartermaster," said the ver-
dant Saint you the duartermaster!"
There was an explosion.
"Im not the quartermaster," roared Nell
son. "What do you come here disturbing mo
for?"
The civilian showed his courage "Come
now. none o. that" said he. "They told me
you'd deny it, but I'll have none o your
blasted foolshness."
The general sprang out of bed and shatched
his sword "Come here" he exclaimed
At that moment it was borne in OH the
civilians mind that there was n mistake. He
turned about with jump, and made for the
outside world as fast as his heels would carry
him, Gen. Nelson after. A shout Of laughter
from a thousand threats greeted the civilian
t9
eye when it was known that the general too
was there.
Heads were ducked inside the tents with
lightning rapidity, and all was silent as the
grave in moment. A solitary captain sat
outside his tent, demurely enjoying tao cool
of the evening.
"Who sent that fellow to meg demanded
Nelson.
~ don't know" replied the captain.
Gen. Nelson was killed ut the Gait house,
Louisville. His manner had enrGged Gen.
Davis beyond all self control. Nelson. who
was very large and powerful man, had
slapped Davis in the face. He is buried at
bearers were generals from Buells army and
soldier friends. His body lay in state awhile,
and his own division attended the funeral in
procession.
At Louisville Buell. reorganized his scat
tered army. Thousands Of new recruits
came and they were assigned to the thinned
old regiments, and these were filled. When
ready to move once more against Bragg,
Buell. had an army of 100000 men. 1t was
divided into three CORPS commanded res.,ec-
lively by Maj. Gems A. Med. M"C0ok,
Thomas L. Crittenden and Brig. Gen Charles
C. Gilbert. Gen. Gilbert was West Point
graduate of 1916.
Practically BuelIs chase from Murfrees-
boro, Tenn, to Louisville KY, had the ap-
pearance Of retreat. 1t was commended that
he should have been more vigorous in action,
that he should have forced Bragg to battle
and driven him out of Kentucky Halleck
at .Washington took this view of it and re-
lieved Buell. from command and put Thomas
in his place the last of September. Thomas,
however, demonstrated earnestly against this
and the order was revoked. Thomas had not,
at this time, confidence in his own power to
handle large body of troops
The nett day, Oct. /, Buell. took commal:s
again, with Thomas second and once more
began the hunt after Bragg. Io lad 100000
men
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MARCHING THROUGH KENTUCKY.

We left Bragg at Bardstown Sept. 81.
Oct. l lie left Gen. Ieonidas Polk in COM
mand at that town, and himself started to
Lexington. Polk had orders to SLOWLY re-
tire" to Bryantsvile. Kirby Smith was at
this time in the interior Of the state with his
army, waiting orders to join Bragg at Frank
fort.
There really was a Confederate governor
of kentucky for few days. Oct. Bragg
and Kirby Smith united their forces at
frankfort. Then Bragg was good as his
word. He and Kirby Smith installed Rich
ard Halves as provisional Confederate gov
ernor of Kentucky. Bragg had set up
Confederate government in the state.
Richard Halves had been member of the
United States congress. The Confederate
government in Kentucky did not, however,
last long. A week later it retreated swiftly
southwark, governor and all.
Bragg learned at Lexington, Oct. 2, that
Buell. had started after him again. Bragg's
own army had been considerably increased
St. Paul daily globe., 1887-08-24
Proposals for Lumber. Stations
and Indian Houses, etc.
L. S. INDIAN SERVICE,

Crow AGENCY, Mont, Aug 10, 1887.
SEALED PROPOSALS, INDORSED PRO
~ posals for lumber, stations, or for cree
ton of Indian houses etc.: as the case may
be- and addressed to the undersigned, will be
received at this agency until ! o'clock of
Thursday, Sept. Is, 1887, for furnishing for
and delivering at the agency about 100000
feet of lumber, 100 doors. 100 windows
5000 pounds BlosSburg coal, and 10 STALL
ions, and for the erection of so Indian
houses on the Crow reservation.
The contractor for furnishing the lumber
will be permitted to cut logs on the reserva-
ton. an abundance of which are in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the agency saw mill: the
use of the agency saw mill will also be al
lowed the contractor, with the proyiso that
it shall be returned to the agent in its origi-
nal good order and condition.
The stations must be OF good graded stock,
not under three years nor over five years OF
age, and must weigh not less than 1000
pounds each, Of good form, sound and per-
feet in every particular, of gentle disposition,
and must be halter broken.
The Indian houses are to be 16x1S feet
and 8 feet clear inside, specifications for
which and complete list of sizes and kinds of
lumber and other materials required may be
obtained by application to the undersigned.
No bid for furnishing lumber or any other
building material will be accepted unless the
price of each article offered is specifically
stated in the bid.
Only bids for furnishing materials and
labor ana the erecuon OF the houses are re-
quired.
All bidders are required to state the earliest
date when the articles will be delivered, or
houses completed, etc.
The Indian houses must be completed by
June l, 1888.
The stations are to be delivered between
March 20 and April 1, 1888.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
Each bid must be accompanied by certi-
fed check or draft upon some United States
depository, made payable to the undersigned
for at least per cent. of the amount of the
proposal which check or draft will be for
feited to the United States in case any bidder
or bidders receiving an award shall fail to
promptly execute a contract with good and
sufficient sureties, otherwise to be returned
to the bidder; the right is reserved TO reject
any or all bids, or any part of any bid if
deemed for the best interest of the service.
All information desired by any parties can
be obtained by application in person at the
agency Office.
All proposals must be forwarded in quintu-
plicate. HENRY E. WILLIAMSON,
225-245 L. s. Indian Agent.